Adjustable support



C. A. LINDBERG Sept. 4, 1923.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT Filed Oct. 1, 1920 ammo: Charles #1 Llhd/PP/"7 Patented Sept. 4, 1923.

UNITED s'm'ras CHARLES LINIDBERG, OF STURGIS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO STURG-IS STEEL GO-CART COMPANY, OF STURGIS, MICHIGAN.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT.

Application filed October 1, 1920. Serial No. 414,098.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. LIN BERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sturgis, county of St. Joseph, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in adjustable supports.

The main objects of this invention are,

First, to provide an improved adjustable support for carriage tops or hoods of childrens carriages, Windshields and the like, which is very easily operated and at the same time isvery secure, and

Second, to provide an improved adjustable support for carriage tops, wind-shields and the like, in which they parts are simple and economical to produce.

Further objects, and objects relating to structural details, will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the following specification. The invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodi ment of my invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which:

Fig. I is a detail side elevation of a structure embodying the features of my invention as applied to achilds carriage, portions onl of the side of the carria e bod and Y r: Y

top being illustrated.

Fig. II is an inside view with the adjustable bracket member brokenaway.

Fig. III is a detail section on a line corresponding to line '33 of Figs. I and-II,

with parts shown in full lines. 7

Fig. IV is a detail section on a line corresponding to the broken line lt- 14 f Figs.

I and II, with parts in full lines. I

Fig. V is an inside View corresponding to that of Fig. II showing a step in the astion. A lug 21 is struck up from the dog sembling operation.

In the drawing similar reference characters refer to snnllar parts throughout the several views, and the sectional views are taken looking in the direction of tie little arrows at the ends of the section lines.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the side of the body of a childs carriage and 2 the top. The body member or supporting plate 3 in the embodiment illustrated is formed as a stamping and has attaching ears 4 ofiset rearwardly therefrom to re ceive the attaching bolts 5. The'adjustable bracket member 6 is forked to receive the top bows. 1

The supporting plate is provided with a pair of hook lugs 7 on its rear side anda forwardly projecting pivot stud 8 for. the bracket memberv 6 onits front side. The edge of the stud 8 is spun over the bracket member as a means for retaining the same.

The bracket member has a series of holes 9 disposed concentrically of'the stud. The supporting plate has a hole 10 therein with which the holes 9 may be aligned bythe adjustment of the bracket member.

The supporting plate is also provided with the stops 11 which limit the movement of the bracket member. The face plate 12 is arranged on the front side of thebracket member covering the holes 9 and providing afinish for the bracket member. The face plate'has a hole 13 aligned with the hollow stud to receive the locking dog 14.

This lockingdog is mounted on the disk 15 which is shaped so that it maybeplaced between the lugs 7 and engaged therewith by a rotative movement of the disk, the disk being notched at 16 to receive atool facilitating its rotation and provided with a stop 17 limiting its rotation. -After the disk is engaged with the lugs, the point 18' ofthe disk is bent upwardly to prevent its disengagement, see Fig. II.

The dog 14; is provided with a cap-like finger piece 19 disposed through the holes 13 in the face plate. A'coiled spring 20 is arranged between the cap and the disk 15 to hold the dog yieldingly in engaging posito retain the dog in its assembled relation on its supporting disk. The dog has a return retaining means bend 22 providing a detent 23 adapted to pass through the hole 10 in the supporting plate and to engage the hole 9 of the bracket member aligned therewith, thus holding the bracket member in its adjusted position.

With the parts thus arranged, they are quite simple and economical to produceand are quickly and easily assembled. The bracket member is mounted upon the sup porting plate; the face plate secured in position; and the dog mounted on its supporting disk is introduced through the hollow stud and retained in position by'theengagement of its supporting disk with the hooked lug.

I have illustrated my improvements as I have embodied themin supports for the tops of childrens carriages. My improvements may, however, be readily adapted to other uses, such, for instance,"as Windshields, but I have not illustrated such an adaptation as Ibelieve the disclosuresmade will enable those skilled inthe ar't to which my inventionrelates'to embody or adapt the same as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a structure of the class described, the combination of a supporting plate having hook-like lugs on its inner side and a hollow pivot stud on its outer side formed integrally therewith, a bracket member mounted onsaid stud, the'en d of said stud being 'spunover said bracket member as a retaining means therefor, said bracket member being provided with a series of holes disposed concentrically of its pivot, a face plate for said'bracket member having an opening therein aligned with said stud, a dog disposed through said hollow stud and face plate and provided with a capJikefing'erfpiece and with a forwardly turned engaging portion reciprocating through said supporting plate to coact with the "holes in said bracket member when brought to alignment"therewith by the adjustment of said member on its stud, said face plate constituting a stop for'said dog, a supporting disk for said dog having parts 'engageable with'said lugs on said supporting plate by a rotative movement of the disk, and a spring arranged on said dog bet-ween itsfingerpiece and said disk.

2. 'In'a structure of the class described,

the'combination of a supporting'plate having hook-like lugs on its innerside and a hollow pivot stud on its outer side formed integrally ther'ewlth, a bracket member mounted on said stud, the end of'said stud being spun over said bracket member as a therefor, said bracket member being provided with a series of holes disposedconcentrically of its pivot, a dog disposed through said hollow stud and provided with a finger piece and with a forwardly turned engaging portion reciprocating through said supporting plate to coact with the holes in said bracket member when brought to alignment therewith by the adjustment or" said member on its stud, a supporting disk for sai'cl'd'og having parts engageable with said lugs on said supporting plate by a rotative movement of the disk, and a spring arrangedon said dog between its finger piece and said disk.

3. In a structure of the class described, the combination of a supporting plate having lugs on its inner side and a hollow pivot stud on its outer side, a bracket member mounted on said stud, a face plate for said bracket member having an opening therein aligned with said stud, a dog disposed through said hollow stud-and face pl-ate and provided with a cap-like finger piece and having a 'detent reciprocating through said supporting plate to engage said bracket member, a supporting disk for said dog-engageable with said lugs on said supporting plate, and a spring arranged on said dog between its finger piece andsaid disk.

at. In a structure of the-class described, the combination of a supporting plate having lugs on its inner side and a hollow pivot stud on its outer side, a bracket member mounted on said stud, a dog disposed through said hollow stud and face plate and provided with a finger piece and having a detent reciprocating through said supporting plate to engage said bracket member, a supporting disk for said dog engageable with said-lugs on said supporting'plate, and a spring arranged on i said dog between its finger piece and said disk.

5. In a struuctui'"e of the class described,

the combination of'a supporting plate having lugs on its inner side, a'bracket member 'pivotally mounted onthe outer side of said plate, a dog disposed through said plate and bracket "member axially of the pivot,

said dog beingfprovided with a cap-like finger piece, a dog supporting member in which the said dog is reciprocatingly mounted, said supporting inemberb'eing engageable with said lugs on said supporting plate, and a spring disposed on said'dog between said cap and supporting member.

6. In a structure of the clas's described, the combination of a supporting plate having hook-like lugs on its inner side and a hollow pivot stud on its outer side, a bracket membermounted on said stud, a dog supporting'disk engageable with said lugs on's'aid supporting plate by arotative movement of the disk, and a-dog'mounte'd on said disk to "coact with said bracket member and disposed 'thr'ough said -h'ol1o'w stud.

7. In a structure of the class described, the combination of a supporting plate, a bracket member 'pi-votally mounted on the outer side of said supporting plate, a dog my hand, and seal in the presence of two supporting member disposed on the rear Witnesses.

side of said supporting plate and engageable therewith by a rota-tive movement, and a dog mounted thereon to coast with, and disposed axially of said bracket member.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set CHARLES A. LINDBERG.

Witnesses:

GEO. C. BRowN, MARGERY WILLIAMS. 

